Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Florida Senate, Byrd Push Back In Redistricting Fight Trying to fend off a challenge to a 2022 redistricting plan, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and Secretary of State Cord Byrd this week disputed that two Tampa Bay-area Senate districts were ... 05/29/2024 - 12:09 pm | View Link
A federal judge ordered Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to Donald Trump, to begin his four-month prison sentence as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction, The Hill reports.
Bannon must self-surrender by July 1 since his bid to overturn his conviction was rejected by a three-judge appeals panel last month.
Donald Trump told Fox News that seeking prosecutions of his political opponents would be “wrong” but that he also would have “every right” to do so if reelected.
He added: “And it’s easy because it’s Joe Biden and you see all the criminality.”
Charlie Cook: “First, general elections today are driven much more by partisanship than anything else…”
“Second, more specific to this Biden-Trump race is the fact that both Trump and Biden have 100 percent name recognition and are as well defined in the minds of voters as they can be. In other circumstances, a lesser-known but still adequately funded candidate might have some upside as more voters become familiar with them.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin—who ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 while declaring that the country has no claim to independence and that its people are “connected with us by blood”—doesn’t actually want Ukraine because he already has “enough land,” the Daily Beast reports.
Steve Benen: Tuberville keeps saying what Russia wants to hear.
“Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who think he’s an existential threat,” CNN reports.
“But Thursday, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Joe Biden will take the first step in trying to win over voters his campaign believes could be the Holy Grail for them in the election, announcing a new national Republican engagement director in what will be a monthslong ramp up into the convention and beyond.”
Coming later this year: The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America and Lost His Party by Michael Tackett.
“In the long history of American government, few senators have wielded as much power as Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell. That’s no accident; he worked his entire life to cultivate his dominance.”
The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America and Lost His Party
Hardcover BookTackett, Michael (Author)English (Publication Language)416 Pages - 10/29/2024 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
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